Scalability in Neural Network Learning and Computation.
Abstract
Progress has been made in six topics in the area of computational complexity of neural networks. The loading problem for analog neural networks with only 6 nodes is NP-complete. Some foundational results on linear threshold functions with Boolean inputs have been extended to real- valued inputs. Hastad s lower bound on the dynamic range of weights for linear threshold functions has been improved slightly. Theoretical and experimental results have shown that Hopfield nets are inferior to classical sequential and parallel algorithms for the knight's tour problem, a special case of the Travelling Salesperson Problem. The problem of finding stable states is PLS-complete even for some very simple and restrictive classes of Hopfield nets. We have constructed n-node planar Hopfield networks that take time 2n/3 to converge sequentially, and 2n/7 to converge in parallel.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 26, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA341808
Entities
People
- Ian Parberry
Organizations
- University of North Texas